Damien James' photostream  

"i'll eat your shame and make you new"

Fish on unicycle #1

This drawing was originally inspired by a discussion between Lawrence Weschler, Errol Morris, Dr....

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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2008

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Yes. It's a fish. On a unicycle. This, i'm certain, will be the work i am most remembered for.

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2008

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Fish on unicycle #2

(breadline #2)

Another fish. Another unicycle. This is sometimes where i am. Please don't ask why.

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2008

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Another man in line for the essentials, another man waiting waiting maybe not getting what he needs...

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2008

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(breadline #1)

(itching at the edge of oblivion)

This small drawing is about the wait. It's also about hunger and being alone in your head. Or it's...

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2008

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It's so hard to take the final step. Maybe it's even more difficult to take the very first step. ...

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Uploaded on Jan 31, 2008

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"i usually just psych myself out in the middle of a conversation" by Gabriel Mejia

(devon and western)

Gabe Mejia, the ridiculously talented artist who you will eventually hear all about in...

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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007

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The present flies away and rejects all the allure of being once future. Back then it was overfull...

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Uploaded on Oct 3, 2007

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(stuck in the tunnel between washington and lake)

"Cassandra sees the future"

Loneliness is everywhere, in the middle of a crowd, on an elevator filled to capacity, sleeping on...

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Uploaded on Jun 26, 2007

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After seven years of life together, i was finally able to make a portrait of my paramour. Or...

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Uploaded on Jun 20, 2007

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(weighing options)

(4802 north broadway)

We are balanced, or possibly unbalanced, at the edge of a historic moment where everything we see,...

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Uploaded on Jun 9, 2007

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In your head age melts away before your eyes, eloquence is your middle name and magnetic attraction...

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Uploaded on Jun 8, 2007

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(opposition to advance)

(53 west jackson blvd.)

One half of me says "yes," the other, regardless of what i think, says "no." ...

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Uploaded on May 22, 2007

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People sometimes appear in the city who seem either utterly out of place or exactly as if...

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Uploaded on May 21, 2007

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(turbulentranced)

"And what a joy that would be"

On the way to San Juan anything can happen and frequently does and that's ok. Each coin has...

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Uploaded on May 1, 2007

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Possibly a companion piece to "This is the exact moment in which i am meant to be." i...

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Uploaded on Dec 13, 2006

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You Are Beautiful - State Street Mural

"This is the exact moment in which i am meant to be"

This is my "E" in the French "Beaux," part of the You Are Beautiful mural on...

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Uploaded on Dec 8, 2006

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My grandmother, my yai-yai, rather, makes an appearance here with me as an infant. She could really...

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Uploaded on Dec 8, 2006

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